Ontario Science Centre
Ontario Science Centre in 2017 | |
Former name | Centennial Museum of Science and Technology |
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| Established | September 26, 1969 |
| Location | 770 Don Mills Road Toronto, Ontario M3C 1T3 |
| Coordinates | 43°43′00″N 79°20′18″W / 43.71667°N 79.33833°W |
| Type | Science centre |
| Accreditation | Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) |
| Visitors | 900,225 |
| CEO | Paul Kortenaar |
| Chairperson | John Carmichael |
| Architect | Raymond Moriyama |
| Owner | Government of Ontario |
| Nearest parking | Paid parking on site |
| Website | www |
The Ontario Science Centre (OSC; originally the Centennial Museum of Science and Technology) is a science museum and organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its original location opened to the public in 1969 and was located near the Don Valley Parkway about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road in the former city of North York. It was built down the side of a wooded ravine formed by one branch of the Don River located in Flemingdon Park.
In 2023, Premier of Ontario Doug Ford announced the Ontario government's plan to replace the Ontario Science Centre with a smaller institution on the Toronto waterfront. The following year, the government announced that the Don Mills location would close permanently after an engineering report identified a high risk of roof collapse. Both decisions have been met with considerable public opposition.